Successful Appeal of an Unlawful Supervised-Release Sentence

Lawrence Gerzog obtained a full resentencing after the Second Circuit determined that a five-year supervised-release term exceeded the applicable statutory limit. Rejecting the government’s request for a limited correction, the court ordered a new sentencing proceeding allowing reconsideration of both the prison term and supervised release. United States v. Gaye, 76 F.4th 87 (2d Cir. 2023). Justia Law